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=About The OpenStreetMap Licence Change=
 
TheIn 2012 the OpenStreetMap project has moved to a new licence, known as the '''Open Database License (ODbL)''' which replacesreplacing the former Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 2.0 licence due to problems with the CC-BY-SA licence when applied to data. The licence clarifiesclarified the terms under which people make contributions to the project and the terms under which people can use the data. It is a basically a share alike licence for data.
 
The licence was developed by [http://www.opendatacommons.org/ OpenDataCommons] a project of the [http://www.okfn.org/ Open Knowledge Foundation].
On Wednesday September the 12th 2012, we announced the switch to the ODbL licence. The first ODbL licensed planet file was available on the 14th.
 
Prior copies of the database will be continue to be available under CC BY SA as long as there is demand.
 
Our [[osm:Open_Data_License/Implementation_Plan|implementation plan]] provides more information about the history of the change-over process.
== History of Acceptance and Implementation Process ==
 
Over a two year period, the OpenStreetMap has worked with Open Data Commons to create the ODbL license itself and then to create internal Contributor Terms and other subsidiary documents.
 
The Foundation's Licence Working Group presented a [[:File:License Proposal.pdf|proposal document]] to the members, who accepted it by vote in December 2009. A summary was also presented at the State Of The Map 2009 conference. This process is documented [[Working Group Minutes|here]]. We also welcome any review and comment by other bodies working in the open intellectual properties rights arena, and have published an [[License/Open Letter|open letter]] asking for their views.
 
OSMF members have voted on whether they wish to put the current version of the new license to the community for adoption and then begin the adoption process itself. The [http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2009-December/000753.html results from 270 members polled] are:
 
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